OVERVIEW
The Chocolate Works is an award winning £50.0m housing project on a strategic site bounded by York Racecourse Conversation Area and the listed Terry’s of York chocolate manufacturers building, both intrinsic to the city’s rich history. The development by David Wilson Homes, provides 320 homes including apartments and family houses. IG’s standard lintels, corner lintels and windposts provide the necessary structural support for bright and stylish open-plan spaces across multiple floors.
Challenge:
Since the closure of the factory, the unused industrial site had been bought and sold on several occasions. A viable scheme could not be agreed and developed to respond to the local surroundings, complementing and referencing the adjacent Grade II listed chocolate factory.
Solution:
David Wilson Homes used community involvement at the initial design workshop which gave local people and key stakeholders a voice in the scheme’s design. The layouts of the homes achieved are simple and clear and focus on the demands of the residents for modern and contemporary style living with high ceilings and large windows providing ample natural light.
IG’s technical team designed wide inner leaf corner lintels accommodating a range of sizes for ‘The Leetham’ house type for both kitchen and study areas. IG’s corner lintels allowed for flexible open-plan spaces to be suffused with natural light through a clean and minimalistic design approach. All the lintels were supplied with customised steel support posts for each mitred corner and tailored to include factory fitted spigots located in the cavity to ensure that no steelwork was visible, with the post being encased at the corner to achieve the architectural design feature.
IG Single Leaf Lintels - Standard/ Heavy Duty
IG Thin Joint Lintels - Standard/ Heavy/ Extra Heavy
IG Specials & Sunlounge Lintels - Special Steel Lintels
IG Windposts - U, DU, LP
IG Roller Shutter Lintels - Standard/ Heavy/ Extra Heavy/ Extreme
IG Timber Frame Lintels - Standard/ Heavy/ Extra Heavy Duty
IG Hi Therm + Cavity Wall Lintels - Standard/ Heavy/ Extra Heavy Duty
IG Non Combustible Cavity Tray Lintels (NCCTL) - Standard/ Heavy/ Extra Heavy Duty
Chichester Free School - Double Gothic Arch Lintels
Park Central - Bow Lintels
Bourne Estate - Flat Gauge Brick Feature Arch Lintels
St. Clement Heights - Apex Lintel
Barratt Homes - Hi Therm Lintel
St Inns Moira - Hi Therm Lintels
McArthur Glen Designer Outlet - Full Arch Lintels
Native Bankside - Brick Feature Arch Lintels
Holland Park Phase 2 - Hi-therm+ Lintels & Windposts
St Marks Student Accommodation
Southmere Phase 1b